A 911 dispatcher faces eight counts of capital sexual battery and five counts of lewd and lascivious molestation, the Palm Bay Police Department said. Dan Billow (@DanBillowWESH) has the story.

A 911 dispatcher faces eight counts of capital sexual battery and five counts of lewd and lascivious molestation, the Palm Bay Police Department said. Dan Billow (@DanBillowWESH) has the story.

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Updated: 5:55 PM EDT Aug 4, 2015

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WEBVTT SHE WAS A PALM BAY 911 OPERATOR WHO ALLEGED CRIMES GO AS FAR BACK AS FEBRUARY. HI THIS IS THE PALM DAY POLICE DEPARTMENT. I JUST GOT A 911 HANG UP FROM THIS PHONE NUMBER IS EVERYTHING OKAY? . REPORTER: AMANDA CHANDLER'S VOICE ON THE LINE HAS HELPED MANY A CALLER IN DISTRESS. WHEN POLICE SAY SHE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE A FEW NIGHTS AGO THEY LOOKED IN HER OWN PHONE. AN ARREST WARRANT SAYS THEY FOUND TEXT MESSAGES TO AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY IN WHICH AMANDA WAS CONFESSING HER LOVE TO THE VICTIM. STATING HE WAS HER SOULMATE AND I WILL MOST LIKELY BE GONE BY THE TIME YOU SEE THESE MESSAGES. AMANDA CHANDLER HAS BEEN WITH US FOR JUST UNDER THREE YEARS, HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A ILLEGAL SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH 2411-YEAR-OLD BOY -- WITH THIS 11-YEAR-OLD BOY. CHANDLER SURVIVED THE SUICIDE ATTEMPT ONLY TO BE CHARGED WITH EIGHT COUNTS OF SEXUAL BATTERY AND FIVE OF LEWD AND LASCIVIOUS MOW LET'S FACE. POLICE SAY IS THE ALLEGED RELATIONSHIP BLOSSOMED AT THE HOME SHE SHARES WITH HER HUSBAND AND CHILDREN. HERE I SPOKE TO HER MOTHER WHO SAYS SHE IS ABSOLUTELY CRUSHED AND SO ARE CHANDLER'S TWO CHILDREN WHO NOW KNOW EVERYTHING THEIR MOTHER IS ACCUSED OF. THE ARREST WARRANT SAYS CHANDLER TOOK A LIKING TO THE VICTIM WHO LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WAS ACQUAINTED WITH THE CHILDREN. THE VICTIM HAD A DIFFICULT HOME LIFE. AND CHANDLER WANTED TO HELP BUT SOON WOULD BE FOUND IN COMPROMISING POSITIONS WITH THE VICTIM. THEY WERE CONSTANTLY, HUGGING, TOUCHING AND HOLDING HANDS. IN THE 911 CENTER SUPERVISORS FOUND NOTHING UNUSUAL WITH CHANDLER'S JOB PERFORMANCE DURING THE FIVE MONTHS OR SO THE ALLEGED RELATIONSHIP. WE'RE ENTRUSTING PEOPLE TO DO THE RIGHT THING WHEN THEY COME WORK FOR US. THIS IS WHAT MAKES THIS ALL THE WORST WHEN WE FIND OUT ONE OF OUR OWN HAS TURNED BACK. CHANDLER WAS STILL RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL AT LAST REPORT BUT WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO JAIL TO AWAIT TRIAL ON CHARGES THAT COULD LEAD TO LIFE IN PRISON. SHE IS PRESUMED INNOCENT.